Railway tie and chair



(N0 Model.)

T. s. BROOKS.

RAILWAY TIE AND CHAIR.

No. 466,218. Patented Dec. 29, 1891.

Wp'tnas ses: haven/Z07.

wire STATES THEODORE S. BROOKS, OF GARRISONS, NElV YORK.

RAILWAY TIE AND CHAIR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 466,218, dated December29, 1891.

Application filed January 17, 1891. Serial No. 378,139. (No model.)

To wZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, THEODORE S. BROOKS, of Garrisons, in the county ofPutnam and State of New York, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Railway Ties and Chairs; and I do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains tomake and use it, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, whichform part of this specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in railway ties and chairs; andit consists in the construction and arrangement of parts which will befully described hereinafter, and particularly referred to in the claims.

The objects of this invention are to provide a cheap metallic tie, whichis rounded upon the per side, having short parallel supporting-ribs ateach end, between which a chair is placed, and to improve theconstruction of the chair shown in my patent, No. 438,524, granted to meOctober 14, 1890, in the manner hereinafter shown and described.

Figure 1 is a plan View of a tie to which my invention is applied, therail being broken away at one end of the tie, so as to show theoverlapping ends of the parts of the chair. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectionof the same.

A represents a tie, which may be stamped, rolled, or cast of iron orsteel, and which will be given the requisite thickness to enable it tostand all of the usage to which a tie is ordinarily subjected. This tieis made rounding upon its top and at its ends, so as to shed allmoisture and thus prevent it from remaining upon and rusting the tie.Upon the top of both ends of the tie are made the rail-supporting ribsor flanges B, which extend in a line with the length of the tie andbetween which the two parts of each chair 0 are placed. These parts 0have suitable flanges D formed upon their outer ends, so as to catchover the lower flange of the rail, and the inner end of each partextends inward under the rail at a suitable angle, as shown.

The fiat portions of the two parts of the chair are provided with theangles 1) near their outer edges, the angles f near their inner edges,and the inner edges f, terminating in the interlocking projections i,which extend at an angle parallel with the angles b and f. It will benoticed that this is a material change from the construction shown in mysaid patent, as the two parts of the chair interlock and at the sametime gradually expand to fit and wedge tightly between the ribs orflanges of the tie, the inner ends of these parts projecting inwardly atany angle, as shown. The flanges will be brought more directly oppositeto each other, and thus be made to hold the rail more rigidly inposition. The outer edge of each of these flanged parts D is formed atany angle, as shown, where the nut rests upon it, and through the outerend of each part is formed an open-ended slot, so as to allow the partto be adjusted back and forth, as circumstances may require.

Passing up through the tie and through the open-ended slot through eachpart of each chair is a bolt 1, which has its head set at an angle, andwhich is screw-threaded at its upper end, so as to receive the nut Jupon it. Between the inclined side of the flange and the nut is a plate,which has its corners cut away, so as to form extensions upon all fourof its edges, and three of these extensions, after the nut has beentightened in place, are turned up, so as to catch over opposite sides ofthe nut, and thus prevent it from being loosened. The fourth one ofthese extensions is turned down, so as to catch in the openended slot,and thus lock the plate rigidly in position. As the nuts bear againstthe inclined surfaces of the flanges, it is only necessary to loosen oneof the nuts and tighten up upon the one on the opposite side of therail, and the rail can be aligned with the utmost precision. After therail has been moved in position the nut upon the opposite side istightened and then looked in position.

A tie constructed as here shown and described will last much longer thana tie made of wood, and a chair made as here shown is strong,serviceable, easily adjusted, and reliable in every way at the the sametime that it forms a means for aligning the rail at any point.

These ties can be applied to any road with out the necessity of removingthe rails.

Having thus described my invention, I claim- 1. The herein-describedmetallic tie, elliptical or U-shaped in cross-section, with thedepending rounded ends, and having on its upper surface at each end twoshort parallel separated supporting-ribs B B, integral with the tie, theupper surface of the tie being otherwise flat, the rails resting on saidribs, so that a space is left between the ribs under the rails, andclamps capable of being slipped into said spaces after the rails havebeen placed in position, all combined substantially as shown anddescribed.

2. Theherein-described metallic tie, formed integral and U-shaped incross-section, with depending ends, and having at each end the shortparallel supporting separated ribs B 13 projecting upwardly from itsotherwise flat top face to support the rails and form a space under themopen at the ends, so that the clamps can be slipped in under the rails,as set forth.

3. The combination, with a tie and a rail, of the herein-describedchair, composed of two similar parts, each extending from one side ofthe rail beneath the same to the other side and having the holding edgeD and slot at its outer edge and the angle 1) near its outer ed ge, theinner edge cut at an angle parallel with angle 1) and terminating withinterlocking projections parallel with said edges, combined to operatesubstantially as shown.

In testimony whereof I affiX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

THEODORE S. BROOKS.

Witnesses:

WILBUR JENKINS, LORENZO D. ROBINSON.

